Possible Weapon Found in Parking Garage Murder

Published November 27th, 2007

Â Â Â Gainesville Police believe they have found the gun that was used in the murder that took place at a Downtown Gainesville parking garage on Saturday night. A gun was recovered with the assistance of the sheriff's office dive team. The shooting that left one 21 year-old, Andrew Arosemena, dead resulted
from a confrontation in the late hours following the UF-FSU football
game. Â Â Â Monday, police took Atwan Maye unto custody after he turned
himself in. Maye is believed to be the man who fled the scene with the
shooting suspect, Okpara Nelson.Tuesday, a gun was recovered with the assistance of the sheriff's office dive team from Christmas Lake. While police have yet to say if it is the actual weapon used, it was found around the area that Maye says Nelson threw it. The weapon did not, however, appear to have been in the lake for very long.